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Myocarditis tied to COVID-19 shots more common than reported?
August 6, 2021
Myocarditis may develop rapidly in younger people, mostly after the second dose, while pericarditis affects older adults after the first or second dose. Both remain rare, new results show.
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Will the Delta variant peak and then burn out?
August 5, 2021
Some experts are heartened by the recent decrease in COVID-19 cases in the U.K. and India, both hard-hit with the Delta variant.
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Delta variant could drive herd immunity threshold over 80%
August 4, 2021
In addition to driving up case numbers, the Delta variant could also push the threshold to achieve herd immunity higher.
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Increases in new COVID cases among children far outpace vaccinations
August 3, 2021
Almost 8 months into their vaccination odyssey, children aged 16-17 years just passed an important milestone.
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Opinion
Never prouder to be a hospitalist
August 3, 2021
Hospital medicine was the ideal specialty to manage the inpatient challenges over the last 18 months.
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Opinion
COVID-19: Delta variant is raising the stakes
August 3, 2021
Doctors have a special responsibility to make the case for vaccination – especially now, said Dr. Robert T. London.
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Hospital disaster preparation confronts COVID
August 2, 2021
“We weren’t able to grasp the scale [of COVID-19] at the outset. It does defy the imagination,” said Dr. Jason Persoff.
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‘A few mutations away’: The threat of a vaccine-proof variant
July 30, 2021
“When we have lots of people infected, we give more chances to the virus to diversify and then adapt to selective pressures.”
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Vaccinated people infected with Delta remain contagious
July 30, 2021
The CDC data show people with so-called breakthrough cases of the Delta variant may be just as contagious as unvaccinated people, even if they do not show symptoms.
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As common respiratory viruses resurface, children are at serious risk
July 29, 2021
Younger children may be especially vulnerable to the reemergence of common respiratory viruses such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus as COVID-19 restrictions wane, experts say.
